Ogdoad
deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 3
The Ogdoad are eight gods born from Khonsu in the Khonsu cosmogony. After their birth, they ascend to the Island of Flames where they create the sun god. In this cosmogony, Niau and Niaut form the final divine pair of the Ogdoad instead of Amun and Amunet.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Eight gods born from Khonsu who create the sun god at the Island of Flames.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Niau, Niaut, Amun, Hathor-in-Benenet, Osiris, Set, Horus, Thoth, Atum, Ptah, Eye of Ra
- parent of
- Ra
- child of
- Khonshu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Khonsu gives birth to the eight gods of the Ogdoad. The Ogdoad then ascends to the Island of Flames, where they create the sun god.”
#19344 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The eight gods of the Ogdoad, who represent the chaos that precedes creation, give birth to the sun god”
#20842 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Its Egyptian name Khemenu derives from the eight deities (the Ogdoad) said to reside in the city.”
#42072 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001